Word: pride
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...swan and carried to an island inaccessible to anyone except the police. Other vital points of interest included the City Hall, the First Baptist Church ("Jesus Never Fails"), and the scene of an automobile accident which required the services of "three or four ambulances," the driver said with understandable pride...
...hangman's memoirs brightened the Sabbath with intimate glimpses of the killers about to die ("He blinked bewilderedly, screwing up his eyes") and craftsmanlike pride in his humane efficiency ("I hanged John Reginald Christie, the Monster of Rillington Place, in less time than it took the ash to fall off a cigar I had left half-smoked in my room at Pentonville"). After an execution (fee: $42), Pierrepoint would go back to his cigar and his regular job (pubkeeper...
...match the local papers called "The Pride of the East versus the Best of the West" drew over 6,000 fans to the 82,000 capacity Berkeley Memorial Stadium. Outside of the San Francisco Press, the Bears, with a 10-1-1 record, were rated solid favorites to beat the snow-clogged Crimson...
...take drastic action to reduce his state's automobile accident rate. On his order (and a warning that no crackdown would mean no reappointment), Connecticut judges began handing speeders 30-day license suspensions on first arrest and 60-day suspensions for second offenses. With mixed prudence and pride, Connecticut motorists trod more lightly on the gas pedal. Last week Ribicoff happily announced the first fruits of his campaign: in the first three months of this year, Connecticut traffic fatalities were nearly 15% lower (down to 63) than in the first quarter...
...broad view, Democrats can take pride in the extent to which the ideas have now been generally accepted. Instead of an effort to reverse the direction of New Deal legislation in such fields as social security, minimum wages, and the like, the Republicans have agreed to modest extensions in several areas. Social security coverage and benefits have been expanded. The minimum wage rate has been increased. Support for public housing as well as mortgage insurance has continued...